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Senior List
No.	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2009	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
1	Mitch Clark	198	95	19 October 1987	22	2006	East Fremantle	22	18
2	Albert Proud	180	83	6 September 1988	21	2007	Mount Gravatt	9	0
3	Sam Sheldon	183	80	19 October 1987	22	2009	Hailebury College/Oakleigh U18	0	0
4	Travis Johnstone	184	83	17 July 1980	29	1998	Chelsea/Dandenong U18/Melbourne	178	128
5	Scott Harding	181	82	19 June 1986	23	2006	Morningside	33	9
6	Luke Power	179	78	8 January 1980	29	1998	Balwyn/Oakleigh U18	217	192
7	Jed Adcock	184	85	15 November 1985	24	2004	Maryborough/North Ballarat U18	75	23
8	Tim Notting	188	90	21 October 1978	31	1998	Navarre/Ballarat U18	196	132
9	Ashley McGrath	182	81	20 May 1983	26	2001	South Fremantle	113	99
10	Daniel Rich	184	83	7 June 1990	19	2009	Subiaco	0	0
11	Justin Sherman	184	87	26 January 1987	22	2005	Clarence/Tasmania U18	73	43
12	James Hawksley	187	77	5 February 1989	20	2008	Peel Thunder	4	0
13	Kieran King	180	81	5 March 1991	18	****	East Fremantle	0	0
14	Lachlan Henderson	196	92	14 December 1989	20	2007	Geelong U18	8	3
15	Matt Tyler	194	85	20 January 1988	21	****	North Ballarat U18	0	0
16	Jonathan Brown	195	102	29 October 1981	28	2000	Geelong U18	160	338
17	Jared Brennan	192	95	28 July 1984	25	2003	Southern Districts	81	56
18	Todd Banfield	182	75	28 June 1990	19	****	Swan Districts	0	0
19	Jamie Charman	197	102	16 July 1982	27	2001	Northern Eagles	126	55
20	Simon Black	186	83	3 April 1979	30	1998	East Fremantle	233	143
21	Daniel Merrett	196	104	12 December 1984	25	2005	Southport	68	16
22	Tom Collier	192	84	25 March 1989	20	2008	Tasmanian Devils	6	1
23	Matthew Leuenberger	203	98	7 June 1988	21	2007	East Perth	19	3
24	Joel Patfull	190	89	7 December 1984	25	2006	Norwood/Port Adelaide	58	19
25	Bart McCulloch	199	86	23 September 1990	19	****	South Launceston	0	0
26	Joel Macdonald	187	88	10 October 1984	25	2004	Mount Gravatt	58	6
28	Troy Selwood	187	85	1 May 1984	25	2005	Bendigo U18	60	8
29	Jason Roe	192	87	13 March 1984	25	2006	Cairns City Cobras/Collingwood/North Adelaide	42	6
30	Jack Redden	189	74	9 December 1990	19	2009	Glenelg	0	0
31	James Polkinghorne	183	81	21 January 1989	20	2008	Calder U18	4	0
32	Cheynee Stiller	186	82	3 May 1986	23	2006	Northern Eagles	45	12
33	Rhan Hooper	177	78	9 January 1988	21	2006	Mount Gravatt	39	36
34	Bradd Dalziell	184	82	15 March 1987	22	2008	East Fremantle	7	1
35	Michael Rischitelli	184	82	8 January 1986	23	2005	Western U18	65	27
36	Daniel Bradshaw	191	95	21 November 1978	31	1996	Wodonga/Brisbane Bears	201	438
37	Matt Austin	187	75	30 March 1989	20	2009	North Ballarat U18	0	0
38	Tom Rockliff	184	83	22 February 1990	19	2009	Murray Bushrangers U18	0	0
39	Josh Drummond	188	87	19 April 1983	26	2005	Northern Eagles	45	22
41	Scott Clouston	193	91	2 February 1987	22	2008	Morningside	2	1
42	Pearce Hanley	184	83	15 November 1988	21	2008	Ballaghaderreen (Ireland)	2	0
44	Aaron Cornelius	192	86	25 May 1990	19	2009	Tassie Mariners U18	0	0
Rookie List
No.	Player	Hgt	Wgt	Date of Birth	Age in 2009	Debut	Recruited from	Games	Goals
27	Pat Garner	194	96	16 March 1987	22	****	Western Magpies	0	0
43	Daniel Murray	199	98	3 May 1990	19	****	East Perth	0	0
45	Daniel Dzufer	188	83	11 January 1988	21	2007	Suncoast Lions	1	0
46	Adam Spackman	184	80	4 March 1989	20	****	Morningside	0	0
47	Joel Tippett	194	88	26 October 1988	21	****	Southport	0	0

Player Changes

In

Player	Original Club	League	via
Daniel Rich	Subiaco Football Club	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #7
Jack Redden	Glenelg	SANFL	2008 National draft – pick #25
Todd Banfield	Swan Districts	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #41
Aaron Cornelius	Tassie Devils	VFL	2008 National draft – pick #57
Bart McCulloch	South Launceston Football Club	TFL	2008 National draft – pick #69
Kieran King	East Fremantle	WAFL	2008 National draft – pick #81
Tom Rockliff	Murray Bushrangers	TAC Cup	2009 Pre-Season draft – pick #5

Out

Player	New Club	League	via
Beau McDonald	Brisbane Lions (assistant coach)	AFL	Retired
Nigel Lappin	Geelong (assistant coach)	AFL	Retired
Robert Copeland	Aspley Hornets	AFLQ	delisted
Haydyn Kiel	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Matthew Moody	Unknown	Unknown	delisted
Wayde Mills	Glenelg	SANFL	delisted
Chris Schmidt	Adelaide	AFL	2008 Rookie draft – pick #26
Anthony Corrie	Collingwood	AFL	2008 Trade Week
Colm Begley	St Kilda	AFL	2008 National draft – pick #83

Ladder

2009 AFL ladder
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	St Kilda	22	20	2	0	2197	1411	155.7	80	Finals series
2	Geelong (P)	22	18	4	0	2312	1815	127.4	72
3	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2378	1940	122.6	60
4	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2174	1778	122.3	60
5	Adelaide	22	14	8	0	2104	1789	117.6	56
6	Brisbane Lions	22	13	8	1	2017	1890	106.7	54
7	Carlton	22	13	9	0	2270	2055	110.5	52
8	Essendon	22	10	11	1	2080	2127	97.8	42
9	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1962	2120	92.5	36
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	13	0	1990	2244	88.7	36
11	West Coast	22	8	14	0	1893	2029	93.3	32
12	Sydney	22	8	14	0	1888	2027	93.1	32
13	North Melbourne	22	7	14	1	1680	2015	83.4	30
14	Fremantle	22	6	16	0	1747	2259	77.3	24
15	Richmond	22	5	16	1	1774	2388	74.3	22
16	Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1706	2285	74.7	16

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Results

NAB Cup


	First round
14 February (6:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	St Kilda	Gold Coast Stadium (crowd: 6,013)	Report
	0.2.3 (15) 1.6.6 (51) 1.8.6 (63) 1.8.8 (65)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.1.3 (9) 0.1.5 (11) 0.5.7 (37) 0.8.8 (56)	Umpires: Stevic, S Ryan, Pannell, B Ryan

Drummond		Super Goals	Nil
Harding 3, Notting, Sherman, Cornelius, Hooper, Clark		Goals	Milne 2, Goddard 2, Geary, R. Clarke, Steven, McEvoy
Johnstone, Brennan, Scott Harding, Dalziell, Drummond		Best	Goddard, Dal Santo, Geary, Ball, R. Clarke
Nil		Injuries	Eddy (knee)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Quarter-finals
27 February (7:40 pm)	Essendon	def.	Brisbane Lions	Telstra Dome (crowd: 12,260)	Report
	0.3.2 (20) 0.4.7 (31) 0.6.10 (46) 0.9.13 (67)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.0.4 (13) 1.1.5 (20) 1.5.6 (45) 1.7.14 (65)	Umpires: McBurney, Jeffery, Findlay

Nil		Super Goals	Harding
Lovett 2, Neagle, Hocking, Monfries, Skipworth, Jetta, Myers, Hille		Goals	Bradshaw 3, Clark 2, Sherman, McGrath
Skipworth, Hille, Lovett, Winderlich, Watson, Lloyd, Lonergan		Best	Drummond, Dalziell, Bradshaw, McGrath, Macdonald, Adcock
McVeigh (ankle)		Injuries	Leuenberger (knee)

Home and Away Season


	Round 1
28 March (6:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	West Coast	The Gabba (crowd: 26,800)	Report
	2.1 (13) 5.3 (33) 14.6 (90) 14.11 (95)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	6.2 (38) 9.4 (58) 11.8 (74) 13.8 (86)	Umpires: Kennedy, Stewart, Avon


Hooper 4, Bradshaw 3, Brown 3, Johnstone 2, Rischitelli, McGrath		Goals	LeCras 6, Hansen 3, Cox, Kerr, Hurn, Lynch
Johnstone, Hooper, Power, Patfull, Dalziell, Macdonald		Best	LeCras, Hurn, Cox, Wirrpanda, Masten, Hansen
Black (wrist) replaced in selected side by Charman		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 2
4 April (7:10 pm)	Carlton	def.	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 42,496)	Report
	3.2 (20) 11.5 (71) 13.8 (86) 18.11 (119)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 4.6 (30) 10.8 (68) 15.10 (100)	Umpires: Rosebury, Chamberlain, Keating


Fevola 5, Betts 3, Murphy 3, Cloke 2, Gibbs 2, Hadley, Houlihan, Judd		Goals	Bradshaw 6, Brown 3, Hooper 2, Sherman 2, Johnstone, McGrath
Gibbs, Judd, Murphy, Fevola, Hadley, Kreuzer, Waite, Houlihan		Best	Power, Bradshaw, Black, Drummond, Brown, Rich, Adcock
Jamison (shoulder)		Injuries	McGrath (corked thigh), Clark (thigh), Hooper (ankle), Selwood (head knock)
Nil		Reports	Brown reported by emergency umpire Troy Pannell in the fourth quarter for rough conduct on Murphy


	Round 3
11 April (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Sydney	The Gabba (crowd: 24,984)	Report
	4.4 (28) 10.6 (66) 12.9 (81) 15.10 (100)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 7.10 (52) 9.13 (67)	Umpires: Ryan, Meredith, McInerney


Brown 4, Bradshaw 4, Sherman 3, Rich, Drummond, Notting, Adcock		Goals	Hall 3, Jolly 2, White, Meredith, Barlow, Moore
Patfull, Drummond, Brown, Selwood, Adcock, Macdonald		Best	Bolton, Bevan, Shaw, Jack, Jolly, Hall
Leuenberger (knee)		Injuries	Crouch (hamstring)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 4
17 April (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def. by	Collingwood	The Gabba (crowd: 34,912)	Report
	6.2 (38) 9.4 (58) 10.8 (68) 10.13 (73)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.4 (16) 7.6 (48) 9.10 (64) 13.12 (90)	Umpires: Rosebury, McLaren, Grun


Brown 2, Dalziell 2, Selwood 2, Adcock, Clark, Notting, Rischitelli		Goals	Medhurst 4, Davis 3, Lockyer 2, Anthony, Cloke, Swan, Thomas
Adcock, Dalziell, Power, Rich, Rischitelli, Clark		Best	Medhurst, Pendlebury, Barham, Davis, O'Brien, Cox
Charman (ankle)		Injuries	TBC
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 5
26 April (1:10 pm)	Geelong	def.	Brisbane Lions	Skilled Stadium (crowd: 15,580)	Report
	5.4 (34) 13.8 (86) 15.11 (101) 18.18 (126)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2 (2) 3.3 (21) 4.3 (27) 5.3 (33)	Umpires: McBurney, Kamolins, Findlay


Hawkins 3, Mooney 3, Stokes 3, Ablett 2, Byrnes 2, Rooke 2, Bartel, S. Johnson, Varcoe		Goals	Brown 3, Rich, Sherman
Ablett, Mooney, J. Selwood, Hawkins, Mackie, Blake, Enright, Byrnes		Best	Black, Patfull, Brown, Adcock

Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 6
2 May (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	def.	Essendon	The Gabba (crowd: 29,252)	Report
	5.2 (32) 10.2 (62) 12.6 (78) 17.9 (111)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 3.8 (26) 5.12 (42) 9.14 (68)	Umpires: Rosebury, Hay, Avon


Brown 5, Bradshaw 4, Power 3, Selwood, Brennan, Sherman, Rischitelli, Harding		Goals	Lloyd 2, Winderlich 2, Lovett, Hocking, Lovett-Murray, Zaharakis, Lonergan
Brown, Johnstone, Black, Power, Selwood, Clark		Best	Watson, Lovett-Murray, Hocking, Stanton, Lovett, Winderlich
Nil		Injuries	Fletcher (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Nil


	Round 7
9 May (2:10 pm)	Richmond 10.11 (71)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 15.7 (97)	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 34,646)	Report


	Round 8
16 May (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 18.11 (119)	def.	Adelaide 12.11 (83)	The Gabba (crowd: 27,767)	Report


	Round 9
24 May (2:10 pm)	St Kilda 14.13 (97)	def.	Brisbane Lions 13.3 (81)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 30,673)	Report


	Round 10
30 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne 12.9 (81)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 15.9 (99)	Etihad Stadium (crowd: 21,583)	Report


	Round 11
6 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 16.10 (106)	def. by	Carlton 16.16 (112)	The Gabba (crowd: 33,790)	Report


	Round 12
14 June (1:10 pm)	Hawthorn 7.9 (51)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 13.15 (93)	Aurora Stadium (crowd: 16,710)	Report


	Round 13
27 June (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 16.15 (111)	def.	Melbourne 8.8 (56)	The Gabba (crowd: 23,750)	Report


	Round 14
4 July (2:40 pm)	Port Adelaide 19.14 (128)	def.	Brisbane Lions 11.14 (80)	AAMI Stadium (crowd: 20,293)	Report


	Round 15
11 July (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 16.12 (108)	def.	Geelong 9.11 (65)	The Gabba (crowd: 34,274)	Report


	Round 16
18 July (5:40 pm)	Fremantle 7.5 (47)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 9.8 (62)	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 22,595)	Report


	Round 17
25 July (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 17.14 (116)	def.	North Melbourne 11.9 (75)	The Gabba (crowd: 25,509)	Report


	Round 18
1 August (7:10 pm)	Collingwood 12.23 (95)	def.	Brisbane Lions 8.7 (55)	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 47,268)	Report


	Round 19
8 August (7:10 pm)	Essendon 13.9 (87)	drew with	Brisbane Lions 12.15 (87)	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 41,636)	Report


	Round 20
15 August (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 12.12 (84)	def. by	Western Bulldogs 15.12 (102)	The Gabba (crowd: 33,421)	Report


	Round 21
22 August (7:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions 16.11 (107)	def.	Port Adelaide 14.8 (92)	The Gabba (crowd: 26,437)	Report


	Round 22
29 August (7:10 pm)	Sydney 14.8 (92)	def. by	Brisbane Lions 15.10 (100)	Sydney Cricket Ground (crowd: 27,933)	Report

Finals series

Week 1


	Second Elimination Final
5 September 7:30 pm	Brisbane Lions	def.	Carlton	The Gabba (crowd: 32,702)	Report
	4.4 (28) 8.7 (55) 10.10 (70) 16.15 (111)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.4 (34) 8.6 (54) 14.10 (94) 15.14 (104)	Umpires: McLaren, Wenn, Jeffery Television broadcast: Ten / One


Bradshaw 5, Brown 4, Johnstone 2, Sherman 2, Redden, Hooper, Rich		Goals	Fevola 3, Stevens 2, Cloke 2, Betts, Carrazzo, Garlett, Houlihan, Judd, Kreuzer, Murphy, Russell
Black, Bradshaw, Brown, Clark, Sherman, McGrath		Best	Judd, Fevola, Murphy, Kreuzer, Stevens, Carrazzo
Drummond (quad), Macdonald (TBA)		Injuries	Joseph (ankle)
Nil		Reports	Nil

Week 2


	Second Semi-final
11 September 7:45 pm	Western Bulldogs	def.	Brisbane Lions	MCG (crowd: 47,030)	Report
	4.2 (26) 6.6 (42) 11.8 (74) 16.11 (107)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.6 (6) 3.7 (25) 5.7 (37) 8.8 (56)	Umpires: Stevic, S. Ryan, Meredith Television broadcast: Seven


Hahn 4, Eagleton 3, Ward 2, Higgins 2, Cooney, Akermanis, Gilbee, Griffen, Minson		Goals	Brown 3, Bradshaw 3, McGrath, Redden
Boyd, Cooney, Eagleton, Cross, Hargrave, Giansiracusa, Akermanis		Best	Power, Brown, Merrett, Brennan, Clark, Hawksley
Griffen (corked calf)		Injuries	Nil
Nil		Reports	Nil

Statistics

Leading Goalkickers

Rank	Player	Goals	Finals	Best Performance
Rank	Player	Goals	Finals	Goals	Round and Opponent
1	Jonathan Brown	78	7	8	Round 17 v North Melbourne
2	Daniel Bradshaw	50	8	6	Round 2 v Carlton
3	Justin Sherman	28	2	3	Round 3 v Sydney; Round 8 v Adelaide
4	James Polkinghorne	15	0	2	Round 8 v Adelaide; Round 9 v St Kilda; Round 10 v North Melbourne; Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 15 v Geelong; Round 17 v North Melbourne
5	Daniel Rich	13	1	2	Round 13 v Melbourne; Round 18 v Essendon

Milestones

Round	Player	Milestone
1	Daniel Rich	Debut
6	Sam Sheldon	Debut
9	Aaron Cornelius	Debut
10	Tim Notting	200 games
15	Jack Redden	Debut
17	Jonathan Brown	400 goals
18	Simon Black	250 games
18	Tom Rockliff	Debut
Elimination Final	Jared Brennan	100 games
Elimination Final	Jason Roe	50 games

Awards

Award	Recipient	Awarded by
2009 AFL Rising Star	Daniel Rich	AFL
AFLPA Award for Best First Year Player	Daniel Rich	AFL
AFLPA Award for Best Captain	Jonathan Brown	AFL
Member of the 2009 All-Australian team (Half-forward flank)	Jonathan Brown	AFL

References

Senior List lions.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
Rookie List lions.com.au. Retrieved 29 June 2009.

External links

Official Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
Official Website of the Australian Football League Archived 22 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Brisbane Lions 2009 season at FinalSiren.com

Brisbane Lions

AFL coach: Chris Fagan
AFL co-captains: Harris Andrews/Lachie Neale

AFL Women's coach: Craig Starcevich
AFL Women's captain: Breanna Koenen

Home grounds

AFL (1)	The Gabba (1997–)
AFLW (6)	South Pine Sports Complex (2017–2018) Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (2019) Hickey Park (2020–2021) Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex (2022 (S6)) Carrara Stadium (2022 (S7)) Springfield Central Stadium (2023–)

Premierships

AFL (4)	2001 2002 2003 2024
AFLW (2)	2021 2023

Runners-up

AFL (2)	2004 2023
AFLW (4)	2017 2018 2022 (S7) 2024

Seasons (26)

v t e 2009 AFL season
Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final National Draft
Awards	AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Army Award Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Debuts Retirements and delistings Trades

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